I'm saddened to learn that Ukraine's Antonov An-225 was destroyed by Russian forces on Feb 27, 2022. As of today, going forward all ad revenue from this video will be donated to The Revived Soldiers Ukraine charity to help rehabilitate the wounded. If you have the means, I encourage you to donate if you can: www.rsukraine.org/
RIP Antonov An-225, I hope someone will be able to salvage it so it can at least be displayed in a museum. Sad to see a flying historical monument be destroyed like this.
They're gonna make Russia pay the 3 billion dollars to RESTORE not build a new AN225. There is a second fuselage 60-70% complete but it's funnier if they just restore Mriya instead of build the other one.
AN-225 really did attract crowd. It made into news when it was about to land in our country and lots of people sat on hills nearby the airport to see it land and take off
I mean it was in Anchorage on May 1, 2020, and it made front page news. I went to the airport to see it. I spent a solid 10 seconds looking for it, before I realized that the white building in the distance was the tail of the plane. Thing is BIG.
I saw it up close in Kyiv something like 11 years ago, it was presented at an airplane show/museum/whatever, my dad took me there I thought to myself "why would I need to look at a big dumb plane?" and when I saw it I instantly shouted "damn, that's big!.."
During the 2020 Pandemic the An225 came to Shannon Ireland to deliver PPE. It drew people to watch it land and take off. As a goodbye it gave it a salute to the crowd.
It looks like it's been a huge thing back then for European countries to do that shit. Same story in Poland, six or seven flights in a row. They had PM of Poland on the airstrip and it made some buzz about it on the internet. ruclips.net/video/ejO8jSRBw-Y/видео.html
God, coming back after 27th of Feb hearing the news that the plane was destroyed. Really breaks my heart that we lost this engineering marvel. RIP, AN-225, 1988-2022.
It's actually called the antonov now and it was destroyed by the Russians in Ukraine Edit: Well, it turns out I was wrong. It was destroyed by the ukrainians trying To hit the Russians.
The soviets be like “We need bigger plane” already has big plane “I said we need bigger plane” and then the 225 just appears “Good we have biggest plane.” Not anymore :( R I P to the An 225
@Rafael Enriquez there are many such stories where one side is overly paranoid and massively overreacts, spending billions in new technology, only to realize the original threat was not as bad as perceived.
@@kennethkho7165 It's been 70% complete for like 15 years. And its currently sitting in pieces in a warehouse in the outskirts of Kyiv so I don't have high hopes.
I nearly shed a tear of happiness when they put the An-225 back into service. Even if it is only used for specific tasks, the fact that she was rescued from the scrapping yard made me very happy. No creation like the An-225 deserves to die like that.
I totally agree. If/when a famous airplane like the an-225 or the Boeing 747 or the Boeing 737 ever retire, they deserve some type of happy send off or celebration of their long life and not to rot in a scrap yard
I miss USSR because of this. Besides the conflicts with US, both countries came up with marvelous engineering. That's was late 80's. Imagine that mindset kept going until today... what kind of airplane we would have ?
Yeah. Many people either copy others or they piggyback some dumb s*** that could range from "what the heck are you doing?" to a literal funeral later on.
It was a sad day for aircraft enthusiasts around the world. F to the legendary Antonov An-225 Mriya, thank you to all the Soviet engineers who worked on this aircraft.
The CCP tortures Uighurs, house Christians, political prisoners and peaceful protestors, taiwanese, buddhists, tibetans, mongols, practitioners of the Falun Gong meditation technique and removes their Organs while they are still conscious and then gives them to their elites. Furthermore the CCP has exterminationcamps in Xinjiang where the PLA engages in sytematic rape, forced sterilization and killing the "undesired" people
Rest In Peace Mriya. You've done a great service flying space ship component for the Buran program, breaking many airlift world record, you've carried cargo all around the world, and also helped us bringing medical supplies in this hard times. Have a good rest, my friend. And sleep well.
Fun fact: the AN-225 is one of airplanes that never had crashes in history Edit: i didnt know much about aviation records, so i apologize if my research didnt enough, peace to all of you
I guess when you only have ONE An-225 Mriya, you gotta be careful with it. The closest contender to the Mriya, the Boeing 747, has an estimated 96% safety rating. Not bad for a plane that has been built thousands of times.
I remember when it landed in Warsaw. It's so enormous you could see it landing from the other side of the town easly without any binoculars. Just incredible feat of engineering.
I saw Mriya in person as the ex director of Antonov was our acquaintance. I cannot begin to possibly describe how massive she is and how much her size almost humbles you. You go inside the cockpit and it’s like an office space with all of these shiny colorful buttons making all of these different noises that the pilots have to know by heart. And then when you stand in the storage part of the plane, when it’s not full of cargo, you just have this huge empty space in front of you and everything you say becomes echo. I won’t even add anything about the engines. It was definitely one of the happiest moments in my life because I actually got to see the plane just before it was about to fly out. Hopefully will see her fly some more but I’m not sure how that’s gonna work out under the pandemic conditions.
Such a blessing to see the Antonov 225 in the flesh land in my hometown. A gracious giant. Makes it so hard to learn about it being destroyed earlier this year. RIP Mriya.
@@livethefuture2492 Collapse of the Soviet Union: one of the most complex socio economic events of the 20th century, on which a lot of scientists and historians have dedicated their lives to figure out how and why it happened. This guy: tHeY Ran 0uT oF M0n€Y.
@@GURken Actually, it kinda is evident in the US as well but in specific abandoned cases, constructions (sometimes quite megalomaniac) have become abandoned and/or unfinished out of financial issues of the involved companies.
I learning about communism at my school so basically: The reason why true communist hasn't been achieved yet is because...... ...... They didn't have enough....... .....money
well, thats because most of the awesome things that wouldnt be made today were made on the back of suffering people. a little economical suffering, and you have all that fancy sovjet tech, a whole lot of life long suffering, and you get stuff like the roman empire, or the great wall of china, the united states, etc
bud you realize?! our profile pic is same XD i was very shocked when i see it... i think *”i haven’t comment here? why theres me?”* and i see the different name lol
@@daniyararistam7497 TRUTH! Also, camera lenses. I have a 1940's soviet "cinemascope" wide slide projector lens that's heavier than a bowling ball. Huge fan of zero branding too
@@blondegirlsezthis8798 i went to Russia and bought a camera lens back. The pics taken from it was amazing and, and so is the pain at my neck after carrying it around for the shooting😭
9:04 best Moment: they gave the vintage russian computer the name редис ("radish"), in contrast to the American "Apple". The beautifully matching icon is hilarious!
One of the An-225 designers said that in 21st century humanity will use this plane types for launching stuff into space, basically predicting "Stratolaunch" and "Virgin Orbit".
It was by no means a novel idea, it was researched by the Americans all the way back in the 50s. The X-15 was launched from a mothership and although it didn't operate in space like an actual spacecraft it did reach space at least twice(100km Karman line). It'll be interesting to see the development of this going forward.
@@nicolaiby1846 It was one of the original purposes of the 225, besides carrying the Buran around it was from the start meant to at some point in the Soviets' space program to be used as a 'stratolauncher', not the wildest prediction to say it would still one day be used for that.
@@nicolaiby1846 Pegasus launch system has been operational since 1990. Orbital seems to have worked out their teething problems, but it is not very cost effective with SpaceX in the game. It does have the advantage of being able to launch at any latitude and almost any time (being above most weather)
@UCnhw_2WAoIZZ47607LPtRbw In the event of some sort of explosive launch failure, the Buran also would have no way to evacuate the crew quickly. As an uninformed idiot in an armchair, I personally think putting humans on a heavy lift cargo vehicle is a mistake.
I think I speak here for everyone in the words similar to Captain Picard when I say this: Let the aviation history never forget the name… *"Mriya".* You will be remembered...now and forever. Fair winds, peaceful giant... Antonov AN-225 "Mriya" (UR-82060) *December 21, 1988 - February 24, 2022*
@@jdjGSHBFjh68827 With the Mriya gone, this leaves both the Antonov AN-124 and the American counterpart Lockheed Martin C-5M Super galaxy as the only ones standing, both classified as Strategic Heavy-Lift Transport Aircraft. There's no telling when the second airframe will be finished.... 😢
I worked in Shannon airport yrs ago, one thing no one talks about these massive Antonovs is that they have their own tow bars for being pushed back cause obviously no airport would be equipped with them, but if you see them they are like 2 tow bars joined together (one could push a fully loaded 747) and when they are pushed back and the steering block pin is removed you've to bring the tow bar to the rear ramp and load it back on the plane. I always thought that made it stand out more, I got to walk through the 225 when I was 8 or 9 at an air show, it had the nose and tail section raised so ppl could talk right through it
@@watannen two separate things he is talking about. At Shannon airport, he was talking about 124s. at the air show, he was talking about 225. so yes, he did.
@@thomasneal9291 he said he "got to walk through the 225 [ ... ] at an air show, it had the nose and tail section raised so ppl could talk right through it" whereas the tail did not rise in any way on the 225, nor did it have a rear hatch. Are you now able to comprehend why "he did NOT" ? He likely walked through a 124.
"and the plane lacked a rear cargo door, which would slow loading cargo" Fortunately, it really doesn't matter how quickly you can do a job when you're literally the ONLY one in the entire world capable of doing it!
One thing to note though is the internal crane of the An-124 extends out of the rear door, this makes it not only faster but also a lot more convenient in terms of infrastructure: if individual items are small enough (the internal crane doesn't have infinite lifting capacity) you don't need to move the cargo inside the plane, you can just drop it at the rear hatch and leave its loading to the cargo master. Then again as you and the video note the cost and unique propositions of Mriya meant it was generally used only when needed, and so could be accomodated. Still during the pandemic it flew a lot of PPE missions where self-loading or faster loading would have probably been appreciated.
Those were the most bullsh*t circumstances ever. I feel real, visceral sympathy for the designers every time I read about it. The list of things that needed to have happened all at the exact same time for that bird to be picked up for that split second... Even knowing where it was the second missile they blind-fired should have missed just like the first one, but we live in a universe where people randomly shooting guns into the sky kills five people a year.
@That train Guy March 27th 1999, the shootdown of Vega-31 over Serbia during the NATO air campaign. The only stealth fighter to ever be shot down in human history to date.
The 747-100 shuttle carrier was my grandfathers favorite Aircraft. I’m his office he had no less than 10 pictures of it. He worked at NASA, and American Airlines before that. He spurred my love of aviation, and because of this I was not so secretly his favorite grandchild. Even when he began to lose his memories to dementia, when he saw me, it seemed to all come flooding back to him, and he always remembered the 747 shuttle carrier.
Your videos have made me want to get into Aerospace Engineering and after hearing about the tragic loss of the Myria, I want to strive to make an even bigger plane
Remember the "Square / Cube Law:" Take several sugar cubes. If one cube is lengthened, by adding one more cube ahead (twice as long). Then add two more cubes on one side (twice as wide). the weight has increased to 4, but the available lift is not quite times 4 ( if an aircraft). Then add another layer of 4 cubes, right on top of your original 4 cubes. That would make your pile a total of 8 cubes. Thus, any aircraft (doubled in each dimension) would weigh 8 times as much, but have lift only up to 4 times. That is why the Famous B-36 bomber (6 engines pusher propellers behind the wing) was made from Magnesium (much lighter than aircraft Aluminum).
I think Ukrainian and russian engineers will understand wtf they just did. I think it will be like serial. Maybe 5 or 7 planes like An-255 will be made. I promise
It would be so heartbreaking if this plane crashes or sustains enough damage to ground it forever. I wish this plane will live on for a lot of years and is taken cared of by its owners
Your choice of light trance music in the background is always on point. Keeps us non distracted by it yet it glues everyone of your words together. Nicely done.
@@canadianradiochemist4465 built in Soviet Union, by a Russian bureau that was transferred in Ukraine territory because why not, it was Soviet territory like many others.
This came to Perth in 2016, it made multiple stops around the world on its way here with the mission of delivering a massive generator to a mining company. The airport viewing platforms were full and there were traffic jams 5km long, 20000 people went to see it in a city of 2.4, that's just under 1% of the city's population.
I still remember when the mriya landed in India to deliver our metro cars. I was very young and happened to be near the airport. I still remember the sight. RIP Mriya thank you for serving us.
Its said that the An-225 is so big it has maps posted in its hallways in case you get lost. Its so big it actually has two hanger bays inside of it. Its so big it has its own tram service. Its so big you might work onboard for years and never see or meet the entire flight crew. Thats what they say, anyway.
Замечательно, что на такие проекты обращают внимание зарубежом, и акцентируют внимание здесь, создавая столь замечательные видео. Уверен, инженерам принимавшим участие в проекте, посмотреть на это было бы приятно.
Dunno if that is even possible, not because of money but rumored that the unfinished one now belongs to China (unconfirmed)...and we all know that the Chinese are more pro-Russia. Fortunately, Ukroboronprom said that they planned to rebuild the plane, according to Wikipedia.
Knew the antonov 225 was a really cool plane but never knew it had such a interesting backstory, this plane just became much cooler. As always the vids are awesome!!! Great job
@@nicolasduran917 Actually, "the record" was broken well before it was set by An-225, because Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" of 1947 had a bigger wingspan than An-225. On the other hand, the Stratolaunch is shorter than An-225, has a smaller maximum take-off weight, and smaller maximum payload. So what is larger is still a question. Not to mention that the Statolaunch thing had only two test flies in two years, so it is still not ready at all
The air launched shuttle (MAKS) is cool enough on it's own. The engines were tri-propellant and would've been able to switch between kerolox and hydrolox in flight.
The more old tech I see like this, the more I realize how much more advanced humanity would be if we continued developing these ideas. Imagine launching resupply missions to the ISS or even moon missions from massive planes
@@AlldaylongRock it's not a cold war if countries are actually being invaded and destroyed. it's just... war. what we are seeing is WWIII unfolding in slow motion for the last 20 years.
Imagine putting the best engines on the market on this beast. Fuel economy and power will be significantly better. Someone needs to do some calculations. I'm curious
It'd have to get type certified after a process of gettong engineers to fit them Etc. As there is only one complete 225 and there is considerable demand for it, the consumption reduction costs would be offset by the lost productivity. They could do it with the incomplete 225 but that could take a long time provided they could even finish it
It would take only 3 GE-9X engines to match the thrust of the 6 D-18T's currently installed. GE-9X's are also some of (if not the) most efficient engines on the planet. Slap 4 9X's on and you would have both a more efficient and more powerful plane.
I'm saddened to learn that Ukraine's Antonov An-225 was destroyed by Russian forces on Feb 27, 2022. As of today, going forward all ad revenue from this video will be donated to The Revived Soldiers Ukraine charity to help rehabilitate the wounded. If you have the means, I encourage you to donate if you can: www.rsukraine.org/
Thank you, Mustard! I am Ukrainian, and I'm deeply grateful for your support!
She will be missed.
Good night mariya
so sad, but i am also interested what this means for the half finished An225, if Ukraine survives the war, all my prays for the millions of Ukrainians
@@alienter7517 *Mriya
@@chheinrich8486 it's a frame and it's not finished yet
RIP Antonov An-225, I hope someone will be able to salvage it so it can at least be displayed in a museum. Sad to see a flying historical monument be destroyed like this.
I doubt it will be possible.
They're gonna make Russia pay the 3 billion dollars to RESTORE not build a new AN225. There is a second fuselage 60-70% complete but it's funnier if they just restore Mriya instead of build the other one.
@@Doge5600 too bad russian economy is fucked
@@akiofujiwara3092 even better (no offense but they deserve it, not the people, but the Government.)
Please don’t get me wrong!
"It burns up to 20 tons [an absurd amount] of fuel an hour-"
Concorde: "First time?"
SR-71: hold my beer
@@killerkitten7534 F4 Phantom: *amateurs*
@@Fred_the_1996 my rocket planes: noobs
ICBM: *ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF*
My 20 engine supersonic plane:whats goin on here?
AN-225 really did attract crowd. It made into news when it was about to land in our country and lots of people sat on hills nearby the airport to see it land and take off
With the covid pandemic the AN 225 was a busy boy
@@TheRagingStorm98 yup, but here I mostly saw AN 124 sending stuff periodically
I mean it was in Anchorage on May 1, 2020, and it made front page news.
I went to the airport to see it. I spent a solid 10 seconds looking for it, before I realized that the white building in the distance was the tail of the plane.
Thing is BIG.
I saw it up close in Kyiv something like 11 years ago, it was presented at an airplane show/museum/whatever, my dad took me there
I thought to myself "why would I need to look at a big dumb plane?" and when I saw it I instantly shouted "damn, that's big!.."
It once even landed here, in Georgia, in Tbilisi airport... But I missed it ;_;.
During the 2020 Pandemic the An225 came to Shannon Ireland to deliver PPE. It drew people to watch it land and take off. As a goodbye it gave it a salute to the crowd.
It looks like it's been a huge thing back then for European countries to do that shit. Same story in Poland, six or seven flights in a row. They had PM of Poland on the airstrip and it made some buzz about it on the internet. ruclips.net/video/ejO8jSRBw-Y/видео.html
I want to see that plane stay
It is awesome
I think it also landed in Québec.
It's still in service!? Awesome!
@@BigWheel. yeah, they flew it over Kiev during the Ukrainian independence day military parade this year
The worst thing about this video that it has been published EXACTLY one year before the antonov 225 was destroyed. It's a heartbreaking coincidence.
acualy 2 days apart
@@ratmemer Still pretty close if you ask me.
funnily enough your actually wrong
that's too bad..
@@TomitaGregorias So what? Close to what? It's coincidence. Nothing else and means exactly NOTHING. ZERO, NADA. Null.
God, coming back after 27th of Feb hearing the news that the plane was destroyed. Really breaks my heart that we lost this engineering marvel. RIP, AN-225, 1988-2022.
RIP
😭
There is a picture of the damage, the front section is destroyed but everything from the front of the wing root back looks like it can be restored.
@@CounterClaws but still i can't believe it's been destroyed RIP An-225
in the near future no one will be able to build something like this, only in the USSR they could do it
Rest In Peace, Mriya. The greatest plane in the world.
She's with Buran now.
Peace(s), ba dup tissss........ Now I'm super sad.
RIP you queen of the skies
Quite literally
It's actually called the antonov now and it was destroyed by the Russians in Ukraine
Edit: Well, it turns out I was wrong. It was destroyed by the ukrainians trying To hit the Russians.
Infographics show: Quantity over Quality.
Mustard: Quality over Quality.
Anything by Simon Whistler: What is quality?
Kurzgesagt: WHO DARE CHALLENGES ME?
Infographics show is also cool to watch but they get so many facts wrong that it's embarrassing.
Germany:quality
Russia:quality
@@zaretya9091 *Lemmino
The soviets be like
“We need bigger plane” already has big plane
“I said we need bigger plane” and then the 225 just appears
“Good we have biggest plane.”
Not anymore :( R I P to the An 225
Ahh yes the Eurofighter Typhoon
@Ken Norcott yup
true
It's technically not the biggest "plane"
@Rafael Enriquez
there are many such stories where one side is overly paranoid and massively overreacts, spending billions in new technology, only to realize the original threat was not as bad as perceived.
No one's gonna talk about how this video about the An-225 was released on 2/25
coincidence? i think not
How many viewers will admit they would not have noticed that if Ryan did not post this comment?
@@gilbertfranklin1537 me
Nice catch. Well done.
Wow
So sad to see that this masterpiece of engineering has left this world due to conflict. Something i'd never expected to see in my life...
same
they're building a new one since 2018. the company is called Antonov and it's based in Ukraine since the Soviet era.
@@kennethkho7165 right now they aren't building anything genius.
@@kennethkho7165 It's been 70% complete for like 15 years. And its currently sitting in pieces in a warehouse in the outskirts of Kyiv so I don't have high hopes.
🤣 just like that carrier and cruiser ukraine had for decades and still not completed!
"How many engines do you want on the plane, komrade?"
"Da."
This made me smile as a Russian
Stalin be like, "Hahaha. You no go gulag today."
soviet extremism always finds a way to impress me.
yes
wait until you see the Boeing Resource Carrier One concept
I hope one day i coud hitch a ride just as something to tick of my bucket list
Oh shit, hey haigs
Oh hey! I watch your vids!
aren't playing war thunder bc of the r3's, huh?
Damn iron i see you everywhere XD
smae
The visuals on this channel never cease to be amazing...
I nearly shed a tear of happiness when they put the An-225 back into service. Even if it is only used for specific tasks, the fact that she was rescued from the scrapping yard made me very happy. No creation like the An-225 deserves to die like that.
Too bad the Buran wasn't as lucky and suffered an ignominious end, crushed under its own collapsed hangar.
Indeed, agreed.
I totally agree.
If/when a famous airplane like the an-225 or the Boeing 747 or the Boeing 737 ever retire, they deserve some type of happy send off or celebration of their long life and not to rot in a scrap yard
ruclips.net/user/DAntonov
I agree. Even if it was never used again, it belongs in a museum or some sort of exhibit. Not the scrapyard.
"It's a plane that would never be built today"
Ahh, must be Soviet
Underrated
I miss USSR because of this. Besides the conflicts with US, both countries came up with marvelous engineering. That's was late 80's. Imagine that mindset kept going until today... what kind of airplane we would have ?
*sad third reich noices*
@@rafaelrp07 Probably private flying cars just cause someone decided to make a ground effect car.
@@rafaelrp07 Ye there is a reason humanity's greatest feats tend to come from adversity.
literally the perfect video when I’m on the toilet and need some quality educational content
Dying channel commenting outrageously on every single video to gain traction. Sad really.
@@MausOfTheHouse indeed bro....
@@maus-chanuwu1244 Impostor!
sus
@@MausOfTheHouse What ? I m your brother !
You don't see too many RUclipsrs with this kind of quality nowadays.
Nice
:thistbh:
WOTDAFUQUGOTAHEARTFROMMUSTARDDUDEUARESOLUCKY !!!!!!!!
Yeah. Many people either copy others or they piggyback some dumb s*** that could range from "what the heck are you doing?" to a literal funeral later on.
So true
It was a sad day for aircraft enthusiasts around the world. F to the legendary Antonov An-225 Mriya, thank you to all the Soviet engineers who worked on this aircraft.
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"We're tasked with transporting a rocket, any ideas?"
"Uh... how about a-"
"Big plane"
"You're an absolute genius"
Wot?
Ok, and what’s the problem? A big plane was the only way to transport a rocket
@@justaperson1619 railway, roads are also some ways
@@123okubo did you watch the video they could not use railways
What about... make a planet???
JUST WHEN I THOUGHT MY DAY COULDN’T GET ANY BETTER.
Then what happened?
The CCP tortures Uighurs, house Christians, political prisoners and peaceful protestors, taiwanese, buddhists, tibetans, mongols, practitioners of the Falun Gong meditation technique and removes their Organs while they are still conscious and then gives them to their elites. Furthermore the CCP has exterminationcamps in Xinjiang where the PLA engages in sytematic rape, forced sterilization and killing the "undesired" people
@@TETRAsp man, are you delirious?
Sir corgi I agree
@@seho8722 are you???
Finally, you have bridged the story of the Energia Buran.
He already has a video on the buran and energia.Look it up.
@@lunniykorabl7182 Yes but that is only about the rocket. This video just completes the whole story.
the mustard cinematic universe
@@lunniykorabl7182 Please look up what 'bridged' means.
Rest In Peace Mriya. You've done a great service flying space ship component for the Buran program, breaking many airlift world record, you've carried cargo all around the world, and also helped us bringing medical supplies in this hard times.
Have a good rest, my friend. And sleep well.
You just make me cry buddy!!
Isn't only a plane. It's a celebrity, with fans around the world :)
I don't think it ever had anyone other people than fans. Even most anticommunists people just marvel at this majesty.
*Turbofan
And now she's gone :(
Fun fact: the AN-225 is one of airplanes that never had crashes in history
Edit: i didnt know much about aviation records, so i apologize if my research didnt enough, peace to all of you
Because only one was built actually
to be fair it crashed in the movie 2012
they rename it to antonov 500
I guess when you only have ONE An-225 Mriya, you gotta be careful with it.
The closest contender to the Mriya, the Boeing 747, has an estimated 96% safety rating. Not bad for a plane that has been built thousands of times.
@@stevemc01 what about the C-5 galaxy?
I remember when it landed in Warsaw. It's so enormous you could see it landing from the other side of the town easly without any binoculars. Just incredible feat of engineering.
Rest In Peace An-225, you’ve been a big success in the aviation community, and we will all miss you
"you see that plane?"
"Yessir"
"Make it fly another plane"
"But"
"That's an order."
Soviet Engineers: “So what is it you want to carry with the plane?”
Soviet Authorities: Да.
Нет блин нет
I’m going to assume that means yes
@@Inforadar-y3e yes, it's Yes in Russian
Nowadays ok so you want these huge turbines, fully built train cars and propeller molds moved where. 225: Da.
You make no sense
I saw Mriya in person as the ex director of Antonov was our acquaintance. I cannot begin to possibly describe how massive she is and how much her size almost humbles you. You go inside the cockpit and it’s like an office space with all of these shiny colorful buttons making all of these different noises that the pilots have to know by heart. And then when you stand in the storage part of the plane, when it’s not full of cargo, you just have this huge empty space in front of you and everything you say becomes echo. I won’t even add anything about the engines.
It was definitely one of the happiest moments in my life because I actually got to see the plane just before it was about to fly out. Hopefully will see her fly some more but I’m not sure how that’s gonna work out under the pandemic conditions.
Wow came back a year later to find my comment. And Mriya is now gone. :( sorry me from year ago.
RIP
Mriya
@@ekesa07632 At least you got to witness it in person before it was blown to bits :'(
@@angelarch5352 yeah :( its just sad.
Such a blessing to see the Antonov 225 in the flesh land in my hometown. A gracious giant. Makes it so hard to learn about it being destroyed earlier this year. RIP Mriya.
The Soviet Wondermachine method:
Step 1: Build an engineering marvel
Step 2: Let it rot in the middle of nowhere (Buran, Caspian Monster)
it's not a method, it's a result
imagine what would happen if the US collapses
same shit
its what happens when you run out of money...
@@livethefuture2492 Collapse of the Soviet Union: one of the most complex socio economic events of the 20th century, on which a lot of scientists and historians have dedicated their lives to figure out how and why it happened.
This guy: tHeY Ran 0uT oF M0n€Y.
@@GURken Actually, it kinda is evident in the US as well but in specific abandoned cases, constructions (sometimes quite megalomaniac) have become abandoned and/or unfinished out of financial issues of the involved companies.
I learning about communism at my school so basically:
The reason why true communist hasn't been achieved yet is because......
...... They didn't have enough.......
.....money
its funny that how most of the things that "wouldnt be built today" are soviet origin
In Eastern Europe, we joke that those are remains of another, more developed civilization. May not be funny but is true
Or Nazi technology. They had wild ambitions too!
Stealth was invented by Russian.
well, thats because most of the awesome things that wouldnt be made today were made on the back of suffering people. a little economical suffering, and you have all that fancy sovjet tech, a whole lot of life long suffering, and you get stuff like the roman empire, or the great wall of china, the united states, etc
@@hausser0815 "little economical suffering"... Yap look at us now...we are not suffering at all...
Mustard:
"It was abandoned and parted out"
Me:
:(
Mustard:
"But they brought it back to life!"
Me:
:)
Me:
It's an Easter Jet!
Happy Easter 😁
Exactly my reactions
“Turn that frown upside down”
Certainly one of the more wholesome videos
Rest in peace Mriya, your memory and legacy will never be forgotten
This is why Mustard is the best. Quality over quantity.
bud you realize?! our profile pic is same XD i was very shocked when i see it...
i think *”i haven’t comment here? why theres me?”* and i see the different name lol
@@flame0w LOL that’s so ironic. Good picture isnt it?
Yes
Mustard = LEMMiNO = RealLife Engineering = AveragePixel
I prefer ketchup
IF the Soviets ever built anything super small it would still be the biggest small thing ever built
That's literally Soviet semiconductors ))
🤣🤣🤣
Yeah it's RRRRRusssiannn 😂
@@daniyararistam7497 TRUTH! Also, camera lenses. I have a 1940's soviet "cinemascope" wide slide projector lens that's heavier than a bowling ball. Huge fan of zero branding too
@@blondegirlsezthis8798 i went to Russia and bought a camera lens back. The pics taken from it was amazing and, and so is the pain at my neck after carrying it around for the shooting😭
I love mustard it’s the most informative channel but still has unimaginable quality
The quality is so good that people playing Space Engine would cry about how non clickbait this is.
Good job Mustard!
Mustard is criminally underrated.
maybe cause not many people want to pay for a streaming service and he hardly uploads...?
The quality of this channel is on another level
I really like the idea of a plane that has only been built once. Suddenly it transcends being a model and almost becomes a character.
9:04 best Moment: they gave the vintage russian computer the name редис ("radish"), in contrast to the American "Apple". The beautifully matching icon is hilarious!
Nice catch😂
One of the An-225 designers said that in 21st century humanity will use this plane types for launching stuff into space, basically predicting "Stratolaunch" and "Virgin Orbit".
It was by no means a novel idea, it was researched by the Americans all the way back in the 50s. The X-15 was launched from a mothership and although it didn't operate in space like an actual spacecraft it did reach space at least twice(100km Karman line).
It'll be interesting to see the development of this going forward.
Father i haven't seen you since you eant to buy milk
@@nicolaiby1846 It was one of the original purposes of the 225, besides carrying the Buran around it was from the start meant to at some point in the Soviets' space program to be used as a 'stratolauncher', not the wildest prediction to say it would still one day be used for that.
@@nicolaiby1846 Pegasus launch system has been operational since 1990.
Orbital seems to have worked out their teething problems, but it is not very cost effective with SpaceX in the game.
It does have the advantage of being able to launch at any latitude and almost any time (being above most weather)
I really appreciate how far animations have come. It makes learning about stuff like this much more interesting and detailed
Rest in peace, An-225. You might not be my favorite plane but as one of the very few legacy of the Buran program, you have a place in my heart.
Everyone who will need this giants will make they own planes. I promise this giant will be rebuilded. No any other choice.
@@IndiKot we hope 🙏 it will be rebuilt one day
You are amazing, I love your videos!
This is a level of detail that meets or even exceeds standards for documentaries, especially the renderings! Keep up the great work!
Soviet government: "we have literally any technical issue ever." Soviet scientists: "Just make it bigger."
EDIT: Holy likes batman thank you.
"just"...
@@LegaRoSS true
They were just playing ksp in real life
When you can fit the ENTIRE first Wright bros flight IN YOUR PLANE
German WWII tank engineering
As soon as I heard the news of it being destroyed, I went to watch this video. I can't believe it's gone... and I never even saw it in person..
Same
and theres a second one in china half finishes
*This aircraft costs 400,000 dollars, to fly for 12 seconds.*
Ah, a man of culture
"some other tf2 reference"
747-8 stuck on runway: I fear no man, but that thing...
*insert 225 approaching aggressively*
“It scares me.”
@@sirankleknocker3122 ENTIRE TEAM (other lifters) IS BABIES!
she weighs 285.000 kg and produces 51,590 pounds of thrust at 265 kg of fuel per minute
747 shuttle carrier: I fly big
225 ‘dream’: *I FLY BIGGER*
Unlike the US Shuttle, The Buran was like drones nowadays, no human presence was needed on board. In those years it was something.
Yes. Fully automated landing.
Its booster was also pretty impressive and had lesser chances of killing the crew/cargo too.
The buran was craaazy man. far better than the us shuttle imo
❤️👍🏻
@UCnhw_2WAoIZZ47607LPtRbw In the event of some sort of explosive launch failure, the Buran also would have no way to evacuate the crew quickly.
As an uninformed idiot in an armchair, I personally think putting humans on a heavy lift cargo vehicle is a mistake.
I think I speak here for everyone in the words similar to Captain Picard when I say this:
Let the aviation history never forget the name… *"Mriya".*
You will be remembered...now and forever.
Fair winds, peaceful giant...
Antonov AN-225 "Mriya" (UR-82060)
*December 21, 1988 - February 24, 2022*
_Goodnight, Mriya, the dream._
The passing, of greatness.
Mariya. Its Russian female name. We won't forget this name, because we don't have a lot of them to name females (modern ones)
Wait why Russian name? Idk, google it.
@@jdjGSHBFjh68827 With the Mriya gone, this leaves both the Antonov AN-124 and the American counterpart Lockheed Martin C-5M Super galaxy as the only ones standing, both classified as Strategic Heavy-Lift Transport Aircraft. There's no telling when the second airframe will be finished.... 😢
I've said it before and I'll say it again: the *quality* of these videos is superbly astonishing. Thanks, Mustard!
The soviet "Mac" that's a radish at 9:05 I CANNOT. LOLLLLL
I worked in Shannon airport yrs ago, one thing no one talks about these massive Antonovs is that they have their own tow bars for being pushed back cause obviously no airport would be equipped with them, but if you see them they are like 2 tow bars joined together (one could push a fully loaded 747) and when they are pushed back and the steering block pin is removed you've to bring the tow bar to the rear ramp and load it back on the plane. I always thought that made it stand out more, I got to walk through the 225 when I was 8 or 9 at an air show, it had the nose and tail section raised so ppl could talk right through it
yeah, except the tail does not rise on the 225 and neither does it have a rear hatch so... no you didn't ...
It think you mean walk through it.
@@watannen two separate things he is talking about. At Shannon airport, he was talking about 124s. at the air show, he was talking about 225. so yes, he did.
@@thomasneal9291 he said he "got to walk through the 225 [ ... ] at an air show, it had the nose and tail section raised so ppl could talk right through it"
whereas the tail did not rise in any way on the 225, nor did it have a rear hatch.
Are you now able to comprehend why "he did NOT" ? He likely walked through a 124.
"and the plane lacked a rear cargo door, which would slow loading cargo"
Fortunately, it really doesn't matter how quickly you can do a job when you're literally the ONLY one in the entire world capable of doing it!
Play Brookhaven
@@mr.brookhaven3457 ................what the fuck is your point?
@@mr.brookhaven3457 Play life please.
@@mr.brookhaven3457 Brookhaven is full of predators and 6 years olds..
One thing to note though is the internal crane of the An-124 extends out of the rear door, this makes it not only faster but also a lot more convenient in terms of infrastructure: if individual items are small enough (the internal crane doesn't have infinite lifting capacity) you don't need to move the cargo inside the plane, you can just drop it at the rear hatch and leave its loading to the cargo master.
Then again as you and the video note the cost and unique propositions of Mriya meant it was generally used only when needed, and so could be accomodated. Still during the pandemic it flew a lot of PPE missions where self-loading or faster loading would have probably been appreciated.
FInally! The legend himself is back!
9:23 “virtually invisible to radar” I think Yugoslavia would like to have a word
Haha we didn't knew :D
*Sorry we didn't know it was invisible*
hahhaha
Those were the most bullsh*t circumstances ever. I feel real, visceral sympathy for the designers every time I read about it. The list of things that needed to have happened all at the exact same time for that bird to be picked up for that split second... Even knowing where it was the second missile they blind-fired should have missed just like the first one, but we live in a universe where people randomly shooting guns into the sky kills five people a year.
@That train Guy March 27th 1999, the shootdown of Vega-31 over Serbia during the NATO air campaign. The only stealth fighter to ever be shot down in human history to date.
The 747-100 shuttle carrier was my grandfathers favorite Aircraft. I’m his office he had no less than 10 pictures of it. He worked at NASA, and American Airlines before that. He spurred my love of aviation, and because of this I was not so secretly his favorite grandchild.
Even when he began to lose his memories to dementia, when he saw me, it seemed to all come flooding back to him, and he always remembered the 747 shuttle carrier.
Nobody gived a fck...
Ha ha my grandpa got me into planes, too. We'd watch that show Dogfights together on History.
My grandfather and grandmother were software engineers who worked on the Mriya in Kyiv. It is a point of pride in our family.
When ever I see you post a new video I build a perfect Sunday breakfast to fully enjoy it!
I've been waiting for a documentary on this glorious giant for a long time. And what better time and channel to see one than by Mustard himself.
This is the plane that went to the 2012 movie and that one guy said: *"It's ROSSIAN."*
the fat guy with the 2 kids?:))))
@@madalinivanus4360 yup
Yuri
It's Ukrainian, lol
@@CCumva lol no, there was no Ukraine when it was built, it’s soviet
Your videos have made me want to get into Aerospace Engineering and after hearing about the tragic loss of the Myria, I want to strive to make an even bigger plane
Remember the "Square / Cube Law:" Take several sugar cubes. If one cube is lengthened, by adding one more cube ahead (twice as long). Then add two more cubes on one side (twice as wide). the weight has increased to 4, but the available lift is not quite times 4 ( if an aircraft). Then add another layer of 4 cubes, right on top of your original 4 cubes. That would make your pile a total of 8 cubes. Thus, any aircraft (doubled in each dimension) would weigh 8 times as much, but have lift only up to 4 times. That is why the Famous B-36 bomber (6 engines pusher propellers behind the wing) was made from Magnesium (much lighter than aircraft Aluminum).
I am simple man, I see Mustard...
I watch 6 times over and like...
I’m still confused on why this channel name is mustard
Because it's spicy
Doesnt everyone think that
Do not question the elevated one
Tartar sauce just didn't have that "ring" to it.
because new planes use mustard as fuel
9:04 Radish Computer logo. Absolutely love it! :D
Just came here to pay respects to the legendary aircraft. I hope it gets repaired and refurbished soon. RIP the AN-225 Mriya.
I think Ukrainian and russian engineers will understand wtf they just did. I think it will be like serial. Maybe 5 or 7 planes like An-255 will be made. I promise
Don't hold your breath.
It’s always good when the planes in mustard’s videos have happy endings
It would be so heartbreaking if this plane crashes or sustains enough damage to ground it forever. I wish this plane will live on for a lot of years and is taken cared of by its owners
Same. Plus, it is (literally) one of a kind
ruclips.net/user/DAntonov Mriya in safe hands. Мрія - that's the name of this plane. Translated from Ukrainian МРІЯ - Dream.
Ohhh no it might be destroyed but I hope not I just watched a video that it might be destroyed because of the russia vs Ukraine
Unfortunately it’s home was in a rough neighborhood.
I have really bad news for you
The one dislike is from the person who sold it
🤣🤣🤣
Your choice of light trance music in the background is always on point. Keeps us non distracted by it yet it glues everyone of your words together. Nicely done.
"Mustard is a genius."
"Da. Now pay me $30 000 an hour to freight vodka."
Just a little fact:
"Mriya" (originaly writen like "Мрiя") translated from Ukraine means "Dream"
finally someone credited the country in which it was built
@@canadianradiochemist4465 Soviet Union! :)
Наша улюблена "Мрія"
@@canadianradiochemist4465 built in Soviet Union, by a Russian bureau that was transferred in Ukraine territory because why not, it was Soviet territory like many others.
@@canadianradiochemist4465 the aircraft was built in the Soviet Union
This came to Perth in 2016, it made multiple stops around the world on its way here with the mission of delivering a massive generator to a mining company. The airport viewing platforms were full and there were traffic jams 5km long, 20000 people went to see it in a city of 2.4, that's just under 1% of the city's population.
I remember this happening. Big news for Perth
I was there mate, terrible traffic, I remember
I still remember when the mriya landed in India to deliver our metro cars. I was very young and happened to be near the airport. I still remember the sight. RIP Mriya thank you for serving us.
Its said that the An-225 is so big it has maps posted in its hallways in case you get lost. Its so big it actually has two hanger bays inside of it. Its so big it has its own tram service. Its so big you might work onboard for years and never see or meet the entire flight crew. Thats what they say, anyway.
It's so big, it's how far my grandparents had to walk to school.
@@UnitSe7en Up hill both ways, in the snow
@@newdefsys ...because it was so big, it had its own weather systems.
@@thomasneal9291 fun fact: this actually happened at Boeing's factory. It literally was so big a cloud began forming inside
The reputation of your content is as good and large as the Antonov 225 :]
Замечательно, что на такие проекты обращают внимание зарубежом, и акцентируют внимание здесь, создавая столь замечательные видео. Уверен, инженерам принимавшим участие в проекте, посмотреть на это было бы приятно.
Oh, c'mon - you can't be serious!
Rest in peace. We can only hope that they finish the second one.
Dunno if that is even possible, not because of money but rumored that the unfinished one now belongs to China (unconfirmed)...and we all know that the Chinese are more pro-Russia.
Fortunately, Ukroboronprom said that they planned to rebuild the plane, according to Wikipedia.
He has come back!!
*The Chosen One has returned*
Knew the antonov 225 was a really cool plane but never knew it had such a interesting backstory, this plane just became much cooler.
As always the vids are awesome!!! Great job
That "redis" logo in the style of Apple is hilarious.
Radish Computers - They byte back!
Almost exactly a year after this video released and the plane was destroyed, heartbreaking my thoughts are to those in Ukraine.
She is alive rn as much as we know... at least thats what her chief pilot said
@@jackythepunk
It’s been confirmed that she was destroyed.
@@natethegreat7967 I know
Yea that's what everyone posted already
I'm positive the AN-225 and air launch is going to be in For All Mankind Season 2! :D
It better be!
Actually Virgin's Stratolaunch System follows the same principle. Ant it broke the An-225 record as the largest aircraft with a wingspan of 117 m
@@nicolasduran917 Actually, "the record" was broken well before it was set by An-225, because Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" of 1947 had a bigger wingspan than An-225. On the other hand, the Stratolaunch is shorter than An-225, has a smaller maximum take-off weight, and smaller maximum payload. So what is larger is still a question. Not to mention that the Statolaunch thing had only two test flies in two years, so it is still not ready at all
The quality of the videos on this channel is beyond godlike
The air launched shuttle (MAKS) is cool enough on it's own. The engines were tri-propellant and would've been able to switch between kerolox and hydrolox in flight.
Its so sad to learn that this plane got destroyed a days ago .....the world might never see such a plane again..RIP.
I never see an airplane so happy to fly his little boy like this 0:52
If there was ever a reason to have the USSR exist for another 5 years, it would be to have more An-225 flying around
Not really, they're horrible for the environment.
@@victoire614 but big plane cool :(
@@zed7038 yeag
@@zed7038 shit i Mean yeah
@JaJ the USSR’s existence almost caused nuclear devastation multiple times. Almost the entire time the Soviet Union existed it was fighting wars.
6:19 The fact that the British considered using this plane shows how impressive it was, and still is.
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the beauty that is the an-225 is no more, it was destroyed in fighting yesterday.
The more old tech I see like this, the more I realize how much more advanced humanity would be if we continued developing these ideas. Imagine launching resupply missions to the ISS or even moon missions from massive planes
@hayven angoromanana CW never ended, and is just heating up again...
It can be done. Launching from stratolaunch to iss is piece of cake.
@@AlldaylongRock it's not a cold war if countries are actually being invaded and destroyed. it's just... war. what we are seeing is WWIII unfolding in slow motion for the last 20 years.
Just noticed the Radish computer at 9:05
Don't need Apple when you have stronk Ukrainian Radish )))
The joke with radishes and communism usually is "red on the outside, white on the inside". I don't think he meant to do that here though.
The plane is Ukrainian
@@donjohn5542 Buran is a product of the Soviet Union.
@@Kr-nv5fo Sure, then the Soviet Union was the first in space. Not Russia.
@@donjohn5542 For most westerners, USSR=Russia. Just like for a lot of people England = UK
Imagine putting the best engines on the market on this beast. Fuel economy and power will be significantly better. Someone needs to do some calculations. I'm curious
It'd have to get type certified after a process of gettong engineers to fit them Etc.
As there is only one complete 225 and there is considerable demand for it, the consumption reduction costs would be offset by the lost productivity. They could do it with the incomplete 225 but that could take a long time provided they could even finish it
@@stevenkerr1455 that is so true
Take 5 car engines and put 'em together
@@cursed_cats5710 ehh car engines wont do the job
It would take only 3 GE-9X engines to match the thrust of the 6 D-18T's currently installed. GE-9X's are also some of (if not the) most efficient engines on the planet. Slap 4 9X's on and you would have both a more efficient and more powerful plane.
Love you channel and loving nebula/curiosity stream!
I wish it was viable to create more of these jets. Beautiful aircraft.
I wish these jets would not be exploded when one country invades another country.
@@angelarch5352 just found out